Vargas turned down $1.61 Mil to fight Brook

[LacedUp]

They were handing out free tickets for Brooks last fight, the price dropped to £2.50 a pop

So he isnt making that much money at the gate

He is better off fighting Liam Smith, easier to sell a domestic showdown and he wont have to pay a lot of money to Liam, and if he beats him he gets a title, a title that Canelo wants

Canelo's team have been in contact with Frank Warren about the title/Liam Smith

they were handing out free tickets for Canelo vs Khan ffs

So what exactly is your point?

[FrankieBruno]

That fight would not interest the british public one bit.

Yes it would and it would sell out

You saw the atmosphere for the Crolla fight, it would be the same for Brook vs Smith. Also they wouldnt need to hand out tickets for free

[LacedUp]

But still.... Given how long kell has played second and indeed third fiddle to aj and a few others plus what Hearn has promised isn't it worth coming good for kell?

Why get Kell's hopes up again and again.

It's literally absurd to say Kell's very long run of apparently being unlucky is not due to how Hearn has managed him, it's beyond the pale nuts.

Yeah you're right.

Offering a guy 3 times his best payday (which was also his best payday by a country mile) is not showing signs of wanting to pay for a good fight.

His own damn manager is criticizing him PUBLICLY for rejecting the offer, yet NSB idiots are mentioning Eddie Hearn as if its his fault Jessie Vargas is a straight up pussay.

[LacedUp]

Yes it would and it would sell out

You saw the atmosphere for the Crolla fight, it would be the same for Brook vs Smith. Also they wouldnt need to hand out tickets for free

That fight is not PPV and it doesn't intrigue anyone.

People in the UK think the smith brothers are 3 not 4 ffs. That's how irrelevant Liam Smith is.

[FrankieBruno]

they were handing out free tickets for Canelo vs Khan ffs

So what exactly is your point?

The KEY difference being

Khan/Canelo made $7.5 million at the gate and could afford to hand out 3000 tickets

Brook was handing out free tickets in his own home town, and didnt even crack 50,000 quid



Levels mate, levels

[tiois85]

Jesse Vargas don't want to fight Brook in the UK if they offer him more money he might change his mind

https://youtu.be/Fcai-JE6vyQ

Watch this interview, vargas far from convinced it's happening.

Yet again the public fall victim to the Hearn hype train.

[Sparked_26]

Then Hearn is not a man of his word.

He promised kell a huge fight in various interviews and the only thing to deduce is Hearn loves the numbers more than kell.

How long does kell need to get mugged off for?

To be honest I don't see Vargas as a better fight than Liam Smith anyway.

I also don't think Kell Brook could sell out the MEN against Vargas. So not sure it adds up.

I think Kell needs to go to America. His career is at a similar stage to what Calzaghe's was when he was beating guys like David Starie. But Calzaghe had the luxury of being one of our few top fighters when the Lacy fight came about. Brook doesn't have that status IMO.

[FrankieBruno]

That fight is not PPV and it doesn't intrigue anyone.

People in the UK think the smith brothers are 3 not 4 ffs. That's how irrelevant Liam Smith is.

Neither is Vargas vs Brook

Smith vs Brook would be for a title

Either way Brook wouldnt need to take a huge pay cut to fight Smith, like he would for Vargas

Also it'd open doors for Brook, a potential fight with Canelo

He can get knocked out like Khan for a couple of million.

[LacedUp]

The KEY difference being

Khan/Canelo made $7.5 million at the gate and could afford to hand out 3000 tickets

Brook was handing out free tickets in his own home town, and didnt even crack 50,000 quid

They handed out 3000 tickets for a supposed "super fight". I shouldn't have to explain to you how bad business that is.

Brook might have handed out tickets for a show vs some bum, but you can bet your ass he wouldn't hand out free tickets if it was against anyone half decent.

I was on the lucky end of a free Khan ticket for the Diaz fight too. And that was supposed to be a big show where he would sell out an arena in brook's home town etc.

He didn't at all. Empty seats everywhere and I had a free ticket.

[LacedUp]

Neither is Vargas vs Brook

Smith vs Brook would be for a title

Either way Brook wouldnt need to take a huge pay cut to fight Smith, like he would for Vargas

Bet your bottom dollar that Brook vs Vargas will be PPV As if Hearn can hand out 3-4 million dollars without PPV.

In what world would Brook take a paycut vs Vargas? What planet are you living on ffs?